apomorphine

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C17H17NO2, derived from morphine and used medicinally to induce vomiting.

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n. A particular narcotic used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An artificial alkaloid, C17H17NO2, prepared from morphine. The hydrochlorate is used in medicine as a powerful emetic. It is usually administered hypodermically. Also (as New Latin) apomorphina, apomorphia, emetomorphia.

Examples

Also being tested is a "dopamine agonist" called apomorphine, recently recommended for approval for use in men, which sends electrical impulses from the hypothalamus to the genitals to trigger increased blood flow.

Last year the London Times reported that the pope takes levodopa, a standard treatment, and before public appearances or officiating at a mass he reportedly also receives a shot of the fast-acting drug apomorphine hydrochloride, which is effective for only a short time.

That said, there is growing evidence that the following available or forthcoming medications may promote return or ease of climax: phentolamine, apomorphine, prostaglandin E-1 cream, and bupropion Wellbutrin or Zyban.

As for any FDA conspiracy to suppress the use of apomorphine in the treatment of opiate addiction, I would now say only that to my knowledge there have been very few serious experimental tests of its effectiveness for that purpose, and given Dr. Dent's successes with the drug, it seems odd that its potential should remain largely unexplored.